Tweet Morning Meditation I’m not sure why but this morning as I ambled through suburbia on my daily meditative stroll, it dawned on me how similar we all are. Outwardly different, inwardly not-so-different. Along the way, I meandered through a busy shopping strip full of frantic shoppers and I strolled by numerous cafes overflowing with [...]
Philosophical & Spiritual
Tweet What Self Esteem? So it appears that Monday’s post resonated with many. Thanks for your considerable input. It also appears that my client (referred to in the post) is not the only person suffering from a chronic and debilitating case of something known clinically as I’m-not-good-enough-itis. Colloquially, we know it as “I’m shit and [...]
Tweet Avoiding Weirdness Over the years, one of my greatest challenges as a gym owner, exercise scientist and conditioning coach has been to help my clients keep the ‘body stuff’ in perspective. Many of you will know exactly what I mean. Either first hand or as an observer. On the one hand, I want to [...]
Tweet In the context of the history of humanity, the word ‘perfect’ is almost brand new. For the vast majority of our existence here on the big blue ball, there was no such term. It arose relatively recently (in the 13th century) and its original meaning was to finish or complete. Sadly, in 2013 it’s [...]
Tweet Q. What’s the one thing that most religions, marketing companies, retailers, wholesalers, service providers, weight-loss programs and even self-help gurus (something I’m not, by the way) want from you? A. Your trust. Q. Why? A. Because they know that once they have your trust, they have you. And once they have you, they have [...]
Tweet Reasons to Doubt I don’t trust you because I have a history of being lied to. I don’t trust you because you haven’t earned it. I don’t trust you because someone like you hurt me in the past. I don’t trust you because you work on commission. I don’t trust you because you look [...]
